🌱 DWI crash with child aboard at Raritan’s already-troubled Route 202 corner

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• DWI crash with child aboard at Raritan's already-troubled Route 202 corner

Also on today's calendar: Ice Cream Social & Foam Party at the Primrose School of Hillsborough and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Heavy rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 79 and low of 62 degrees.
• Friday: Partly sunny and humid, temps: high: 83, low: 67.
• Saturday: Humid with showers around, with a high of 76 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Drunk Driver With 2-Year-Old In Car Arrested In Route 202 Crash In Somerset Co.: Police (patch.com) — A three-car crash on Route 202 at First Avenue in Raritan sent one driver to the hospital and led to DWI charges against a Westfield driver who had a toddler in her car. Raritan Borough Police say the collision occurred Monday night at an intersection already troubled by a recent fatal hit-and-run.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Raritan

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★ Featured events ★

Friday August 21
• Ice Cream Social & Foam Party at the Primrose School of Hillsborough →
  Primrose School of Hillsborough, 32 Falcon Rd, Hillsborough Township
  5:30 pm
Saturday August 22
• Zio's Market Italian Deli Grand Opening →
  Zio's Market Italian Deli, 27 W Somerset St, Raritan
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday August 20
• Dungeons and Dragons (Adults) (Offsite Program)
  Somerville Library Somerville branch - Middlemist
  5:30 pm
Friday August 21
• Playdate at the Library
  Bridgewater Library Bridgewater branch - Story Well
  10:15 am
• Planning Ahead:
  Bridgewater Library Bridgewater branch - Meeting Room A
  2:00 pm
Monday August 24
• Summer Storytime
  Bridgewater Library Bridgewater branch - Frances Greany Learning Garden
  10:30 am
• Chess Challenge
  Bridgewater Library Bridgewater branch - Meeting Room ABC
  5:30 pm
• Dungeons and Dragons (Adults) at Middlemist
  Somerville Library Somerville branch - Middlemist
  5:30 pm
Tuesday August 25
• DUPLO® Days
  Bridgewater Library Bridgewater branch - Story Well
  10:30 am
• Health Screening at Somerset Business Hub
  Somerville Library Somerville branch - The Somerset Business Hub
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 20
• Baby Storytime
  Bridgewater Library Bridgewater branch - Story Well
  10:15 am
• Overdue for Independence: A Revolutionary Film Series →
  SCLSNJ's Manville Library Branch, 100 S 10th Ave, Manville
  12:00 pm
• English Conversation Group
  Manville Library Manville branch - Adult Media Area
  1:30 pm
• LEGO® Club
  Manville Library Manville branch - Community Room
  3:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

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🗞 Nearby News

Somerville

• Downtown Somerville Alliance Launches New Mobile App (tapinto.net)
• Proposal to Establish Somerville Museum to be Presented to Borough Council (tapinto.net)
• From Floodwaters to Liquor Licenses, Skybridges Are Solving Unusual Problems in New Jersey (jerseydigs.com)

Bridgewater

• State rejects challenge to Bridgewater-Raritan gifted program cut (mycentraljersey.com)

Hillsborough

• Hillsborough Awarded $4,200 In State's 'Drive Sober' Campaign (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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